As part of Vancouver’s commitment to excellence in preparing for the 2010 Winter Olympics, the city is allowing a sex trade advocacy group to provide prostitutes with tips on how to deal with incoming media (prostitution is kinda legal in Canada). The Prostitution Alternatives Counseling and Education Society (PACE) has scheduled the media training workshop for November.

The PACE training session will touch on issues like public photography and interview consent.

“We just want (the sex trade workers) to be aware of what their rights are around media, including the fact that it is legal for (media) to take a picture of them on a public street,” [a PACE rep] said.

“And if they do consent to an interview, they can get the questions ahead of time. Things like that.”

There are only two questions you should ever ask a prostitute. “How much” and “Same time next week?” All other communication should be executed in the form of grunting and gesturing. And do you tip prostitutes? Okay, that was three questions.

Join The Discussion

Would “shaved or unshaved?” be an appropriate question to ask a hooker?

05.19.09 at 1:46 pm

Shooter McGavin

Of all the whores in the whole wide world of whoring, Canadian whores are my favourite.

05.19.09 at 1:47 pm

Kid Presentable

Wait, universal health care AND legalized prostitution? Is this Canada place some sort of utopia?

05.19.09 at 2:06 pm

Jim Jones

What did the leper say to the prostitute?

Keep the tip.

Feel free to use that one, guys.

05.19.09 at 2:16 pm

ILovePaleHoseandPaleHos

“A survey from 2000 showed that 7% of Canadian men have paid for sex at least once in their life [1] (compared to 18% of American men in 1994 [10] and 15% of American men in 2004 [2] ). It is however important to note that men might underreport such behaviours in surveys.”

What’s more shocking – the fact that men might withhold the truth on that survey or the fact some men agreed to actually take it?

05.19.09 at 2:23 pm

DimpieChimplins

Usually there isn’t much talking for me, mostly crying and reciting verses from the Bible.

05.19.09 at 2:54 pm

Enrico Pallazzo

My favorite store-bought salsa is Prostitution Alternatives Counseling and Education Society (PACE). Also just so happens to be my favorite left tackle.